Automobile commode



Jan. 9, 1923.

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Appncationvalea August 1`, 1919. serial NQ; 314,618.

To all whom 'it may conceive:

Be it known that l, VV'iLLnin .lacca Dinie.

so'N hnssntn, a citizen of the United `States, residing at Alamo, lindiana, have invented new and usefnl lmp'rove'ments in AutomobileCominodes,ofv which the'following is a specification.

1 This. Ainvention relates to lautomobile equipments and more particularly to a coinmode which maybe installed in automobiles linthe preferred embodiment and in the ac-L companying drawings, wherein like charac ters denote like or vcorresponding parts throughout the severalviews, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of the detached commode. Figure 2 is ay ver.- tical sectional view of the 4commode as attached to a car Hoor and in its normal, covered, position below saine. Figure 3 is a similar sectional view showing the commode elevated above the car floor vready for use. Figure 4- is a crosssection of the container, showing the slotted bottom flangev of the latter. Figure 5 is a sectional detail showing one of the lifting means for raising the inner container of the device, and Figure 6 is a sectional detail disclosing a groove guide and the container lug or stop slidable therein for limiting the elevation of the commode.

Referring to the drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form ofmy invention, in which like characters of reference indicate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, the floorA of the touring car or automobile is provided with a square opening B which is normally closed by a hingedly mounted door C. A reinforcing frame D may be employed to extend around the opening beneath the door to reinforce the same. Attached to the oor or the frame D are the four guide members or corner posts 1 shown to advantage in Fig. 1 and these may be constructed in any preferred manner, but in the present instance,

are shown as consisting ofangle irons. A casing or boxing 2 is attached to 'these posts andis preferably constructed of thin sheet -metal thereby forming a housing having its bottom open. Mounted within ythe housing is Van inner casing 3 `which 1s also rconstructed of thin metal and is bracedby the -corner y posts Ll, which as shown inFig.l 1 are also i constructed of angle iron. These two casings are te'lescopically connected together so that relative `Inovernet of the two casings will be permitted.l 'Monnted on the top of the posts 4f is a seat having the opening "6. This seat when` the device i s`"clo1sed, willfbe disposed beneath the door C as shown to advantage in Fig. 2. ttache'd to andsusf pended from the seat is the `"substant'ially cylindrical contairiery `having a removable bottom 8, the removable bottom. andmain container beingprovided. lwith complementary flanges Qwh'ich may be bolted together to maintainthe portion 8 in position.l As

shownin Fig. 4;, the flangeo'f kone of the kmembers is; yslotted as indicated `at 10 while the other `flange fis p'rovided'fwith bolt holes and the bolts 11 are extended Vthrough the bolt holes and slots and are provided with nuts in the usual manner.- With this arrangement of slots it is possible to remove one of the bolts after which thelower portion 8 of the receptacle may be removed by sliding the removable portion oif the bolt 11. This arrangement permits the container to be used with its bottom either open or closed.

The lforward and rear, edge of the seat 5 is provided with a recess 12 and attached to the edge of the seat at the front and back thereof and disposed in the corresponding.

recess is a finger grip 13 which may be grasped when the doork C is opened to raise the device above the floor level as shown in Fig. 3.

y links are joined by llink 17 to an operating lever 18.A The operating lever consists of the parallel arms 19 pivoted as indicated at 20, and these'arms extend around the front of the container 7 and have a forwardly projecting handle 21. Normally, `the sliding @OPUS and lever are in the position shown by dotted lines in and the ends ol' the sliding bolts are in sliding' contact with the inner surface of the casing 2.

frben the device `is elevated to the posit-ion shown in Fig'. 3, the sliding bolts will register with openings Li Formeel in the oute casing' :ind the Weight of the handle structure will. press downivnrdly on the links and cause registration of the bolts with the openings 23 so that the device Will be held in elevated position.

To limit the upward sliding inovenient of the inner casing;` one otl the. posts is slotted as indicated et and this slot receivesn lug 25 carried by the sliding casing.

A spring' clip, ot any preferred type, is indicated :it 26 zuid is adapted to engage the end of the handle 2l. The trent, mill ot the sliding casing is open et 97 so that access .may be had to the handle 2l and n peper holder is also arranged Within the slidingcasing` at a point nenr the opening 2T.

From theforegoing it Will be noted that l have described one forni ot theinvention but l desire it to be understood that various changes and alterations in the structure, which fall Within the scope ot the claims, may be Inside without departing` troni the spirit of the invention.v

Having thus fully described my invention., what I churn ns new and desu-e to secure by Letters Patent is: y

l. An apparatus of the character described comprisingl a support, a fixed casing' attached to seid support, un inner casing siidnbly mounted in said fixed casing, e. container carried by said slidable casing', :i plurnlity ot posts carried by smid slidnble cusingg, un operating; handle pivotedly mounted. nt one end to certain oit: said posts and nccessible troni the outside o't said czisings, slid: blyY mounted bolts carried by said posts, und ineens connecting the inner end oi said bolts and snid handle, .and said outer casing having openings to receive the 'tree ends ot said bolts when the inner casing;l is elevated to support the hitter in such position.

2. An apparatus ot the character described i'ioinprising :L fined casing. :in inner casing' slidably mounted in said fixed cnsingr, s container carried bv smid slidable easing, n plurality ot posts carried by said slidable casing, seid posts being provided with through openings, en operating handle pivotedly mounted et one end to certain ot seid posts and accessible from the outside ct seid cesing's, a plurality ot' bolts slidebly 1nountyed through the opening in said posts, ineens conne-'foiup` the inner end ot' said bolts and said handle, :ind seid outer casing hiivingl openings to receive the free ends ot said bolts when the inner casing is elevated to support the letter in such position.

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